Sarah slapped the off button on her alarm clock. She stretched in
the warmth of her bed, a smile spreading across her lips. It has been
a month since the showdown with Nancy, Bonnie, and Rochelle, a month
since the nightmares. Recently her sleep has been wonderfully filled
with peaceful dreams. Too bad the rest of her life was not as
peaceful as her sleep.
Bonnie and Rochelle did not bother her, not since that day. After
Sarah gave them a little demonstration to prove she still had her
powers. Bonnie and Rochelle avoided her like the plague. Despite
that they were her only friends at school, Sarah was not quite ready
to forgive them and make peace. So, it was back to being alone and a
social outcast at school.
Sarah sighed, the smile disappearing as quickly as it had appeared.
Throwing the covers back, she grudgingly headed for the bathroom to
get ready for school. After a quick shower and putting her school
uniform on, Sarah chased the last bit of sleep away with a mug of
coffee. Grabbing her books she yelled, "Good-bye", to her dad and
went out the door. Sarah had taken to walking to and from school
recently. She found the exercise relaxing and the scenery a good
distraction from unpleasant memories.
As she walked past the last stretch of woods before entering town,
Sarah was snapped out of her musings by a crashing deep in the trees.
Letting out a small gasp, she caught a quick glimpse of a white tail
disappearing into the forest. Laughing at herself and felling a sense
of deja vu, Sarah continued her walk to school.
St. Benedicts School, with its giant crucifix above the main
entrance, who would of guessed it for the hell it really was? Okay,
maybe I am exaggerating a little, Sarah told herself. All right, I am
exaggerating a lot, she confessed. While she got a few sneers and
unfriendly stares from the less than discreet, most of the other
students behave indifferent to her. A few had even begun to smile or
give a heads-up in acknowledgment of Sarah's existence at school.
Maybe it was the absence of Nancy Downs, or perhaps Sarah's spell
for peace and harmony in her life that was creating the new mood at
school. Maybe it was a little of both. Whatever the reasons, Sarah
thanked Manon and kept her head up as she headed for her first period
class. Distracted by her thoughts, Sarah did not notice as Abram
stuttered, "H-Hello, Sarah." when she passed him in the hall. Abram
sighed.

"Real slick, moron." He chastised himself.

"Abram? Wow, long time no see." Bonnie chimed from behind him.

"Bonnie? Ah, yeah, I guess I haven't been too social for a while."
Abram confessed.

Abram grinned sheepishly. Remembering how he started avoiding both
Bonnie and Rochelle when they started hanging out with Nancy. Nancy
gave off some seriously bad vibes. Abram had recognized Nancy as a
fellow Wiccan almost immediately. When Bonnie, Rochelle, and Nancy
started calling the corners together, Bonnie had suggested Abram join
them. But Nancy squelched that idea as soon as Bonnie uttered it.
Perhaps she sensed Abram as strongly as he did her.

"Don't worry about it, Abram. Rochelle and I haven't exactly been
calling lately. You're not in my French class, so what are you doing
here?" Bonnie asked with a hint of suspicion in her voice.

"Ah, I was just...um." Abram's face started feeling warm. He looked
quickly into the classroom at Sarah and back at Bonnie.

Bonnie broke into a big grin. "You're stalking Sarah aren't you." She
ribbed him.

Abram looked startled at Bonnie, and started laughing as he realized
she was joking. They both laughed and looked at Sarah.

Sarah could feel someone staring at her. She looked up from her
book and around the classroom then out the door. Her eyes widened as
she met Bonnie and some guy's gaze. Feeling defensive she scowled and
sent a little magical nudge their way. 'It wasn't nice to stare' she
told herself. The guy's eyes grew slightly larger and suddenly
narrowed at Sarah.

"Oww!," she yelped. She felt as if someone had shoved her in the
chest as her magic was repelled by the guy. Or was it Bonnie who had
repelled it? 'Oh this was not good,' Sarah thought, 'not good at
all.'

Bonnie and Abram exchanged shocked glances. Bonnie was about to ask
Abram what had happened when the bell rang.

"I gotta go," Abram said running down the hall to his own class.

Bonnie stared after him, then quickly found her seat. She nervously
looked at Sarah and wished she hadn't when she saw the frown on
Sarah's face.

"Great, just what I needed. Sarah getting angrier at me than she
already is," Bonnie griped under her breath.